Beit Eshel

Beit Eshel was a Jewish settlement established in the desert in Mandate Palestine in 1943 as one of the "three lookouts" in the northern Negev, alongside and . It was located two kilometres southeast of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Be’er Sheva Merkaz and Abraham’s Well International Visitors‘ Center.

Railway station
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Be'er Sheva–Center railway station is an Israel Railways terminal in . is situated 1½ km northwest of Beit Eshel.

Museum
Abraham's Well is a historical water well… is situated 2 km west of Beit Eshel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neve Noy and Beer Sheva.

Suburb
Photo: Danny-w, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Photo: Vladi mir, CC BY 3.0.
Be'er Sheva is a desert city of approximately 200,000 inhabitants in southern .

Village
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or Shqeb as-Salam, official Hebrew… is situated 4½ km southeast of Beit Eshel.

Beit Eshel

Latitude
31.23361° or 31° 14′ 1″ north
Longitude
34.81284° or 34° 48′ 46″ east
Elevation
274 metres (899 feet)
Open location code
8G3P6RM7+C4
Geo­Names ID
295472
Wiki­data ID
Q2910712
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Beit Eshel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت ايشيل”
  • Hebrew: “בית אשל”
  • Persian: “بیت اشل”
  • Polish: “Beit Eszel”
  • Polish: “Bet Eszel”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Эшель”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Tel Sheva and Omer.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Tsomet Bet Eshel and Tsomet Sara.

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